A tsunami kills more than 200-thousand people is Southeast Asia; Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten to death; Winston Churchill addresses joint session of Congress; Presidents Truman and Ford die. (Dec. 26)
By Eric Koch / Anefo – http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ab63599e-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, Link Remembering John Lennon – The music died for my generation with the December 8, 1980 assassination of the musical genius and peace activist. For my parents’ generation, the 3rd of February of 1959 was, in the words of Don McLean, “The Day the Music Died” (from […]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy During his first press conference since being re-elected, President Obama strongly defended United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice regarding her response to the September 11th attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi Libya. Pres. Obama said that Ambassador Rice had done “exemplary work” and […]
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a time when the world stood at the brink of Armageddon for 13 days. Those 13 days spanned from October 16 to 28, 1962, but that crisis had its beginning on October 14, 1962, when a United States Air Force U-2 spy plane captured […]
TIME in association with HBO presents the story of the 9/11 decade in the words of those who led us, moved us, and inspire us. See the faces and hear the stories of survivors, first responders, and others as they reflect on the events of 9/11 eleven years later. From the HBO website: “A presentation […]